Anna May Wong

Anna May Wong is one of those figures who deserved so much more than Hollywood ever gave her, and I genuinely can't stop thinking about what her career could have been. Born in Los Angeles in 1905 to a Chinese-American laundry family, she fought her way into silent films as a teenager and became the first Chinese American actress to achieve genuine international stardom — yet the industry kept handing the "Chinese" roles to white actresses in yellowface while she was right there, brilliant and charismatic and ready. She worked across silent film, talkies, stage, television, and radio, proving her range at every turn. The star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame feels like the bare minimum of acknowledgment for someone who cracked open doors under conditions that would have broken most people. A genuine trailblazer, full stop.

Name (English)

Anna May Wong

Name (Japanese)

アンナ・メイ・ウォン

Reading

あんな・めい・うぉん

Born

January 3, 1905 – February 3, 1961

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Snake

Origin

Los Angeles, California, United States

Height

65 cm

Occupation

film actor / stage actor / television actor / singer / writer

High school

Los Angeles High School

Awards & achievements

• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A9%E3%83%B3

Tags

• California
• film actor
• stage actor
• television actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.